Improvement in clover-harvesters



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.. tatrs' w-efeisfahm- JACOB WESTHAFER, OF QUINCY, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 85,880, dated January 12, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IIN @LOVER-HARVESTERS.

IhachedulerdmodtotnthmeetnPantnndmkingpandtholn To all whom it mayconcern Be it known that 1,JAeon WBsrrrivrrzn. of Quiney,

in the eounty of Logan, and in the State of Ohio, have ,y

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invented certain newand useful Improvements in Ch ver-Striprn-rs; anddohereby declare that-the followin; r i

is a full, elear, and exaet description thereof, reti-renee being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The nature of my invention eonsists: in the eonstruetion and generalarrangement of a rnaehine for stripping clover, the peculiarities ofwhich will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

ln order' to enable others skilled in the art to whieh my inventionapper'trins', to rnake and use the saine, I will now proceed to describeits eonstr'uetion and operation, referring to the annexed drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aplan view, and

Figure 2, a side View.

A A represent two parallel bars, placed at a suitable distanee fromeachother, and connected by three erossbars, C C, one near the frontends, and two near the rear ends of the bars A A.

On the bars C C is placed a platform, D, with a box, E, a suitabledistance from the bar A'.

The carriage thas formed is suppruted b v three wheels, onedriving-wheel, 1 `,plaeed on an axle in the side of the box E, betweensaid box arid the bar A'; a smaller wheel, G, on the opposite side ofthe box, having its axle extending from the platform l); and anadjustable wheel, H, placed under' the rear end of the bars A A', whichlatter' wheel has itsjorlr'nal-beal'- ings in the lower forked end of arod, I.

This rod, I, rrrns through a journal-box plaeed at the rear' ends,between the bars A A', and pivoted to a lever, K, which lever is pivotedto a standard, L, on the rear side of the last cross-bal' C.

The front end of said lever is held in any position desired b v beingplaeed in the notehes on the inner side ofthe bent oar M, which issecured to the outer side ofthe bar A.

The driver, from his seat, N, operates this lever by his foot, and, itwill be seen, raises or lowers the front end of the machine by simplylowering or raising the wheel 1i, as described. Y The tongue, to whichthe team is hitched, is attached in any suitable manner, between thefront ends of the bars A A'.

The box E, which, as described, is placed on rthe platform 1), is openon the front side, the sides extending in front Aof the platform.

To the t'ront edge of said platform is secured a series of knives, O O,which are slrar'p-rminted, and proded with cutting-edges on both sides.A

When the nia/shine is in operation, the clover-straw mines in betweenthe knives O O, and the beads of the clover eut off, leaving the strawstanding.

The elo\erhe.rds are raked into the box E by the 'lhis eonsists of aplate, which tits between the sides of the box E, and is secured to aframe, B, moving on the outside ofthe box, as shown in tig. 1.

The rear side of the frame R is connected by a rod,

' S, with a bent lever, T, said lever being pivoted t0 the platform 1)in the rear ofthe box E.

The other end of the leer T is slotted, and a. pi'n passingtlirough thisslot connects it to a movable bar, l', which runs in slots ou the tworear bars C C, and at its for ard end is connected by a pit-man, Y, tothe driving-wheel F.

lly this arrangement, at each revolution of the driving-wheel, theseltlraker 1 is moved into the box E, and forward again, but as thelower' edge ofthe raker n-sts against, or at least is elose to theplatfonu and knives, it would not rake the clover in.

For that purpose I plaee under the platform a shaft., the end of which,at the side of the rbivng-wheel, is provided with a bent arrn, W; arnl apin, X, on the inner side of lthe driving-wheel l", in striking the rearpar-t of said arm, raises its front part at the time when the raker l ismoving feu'ward. The front part ofthe bent arnr W is so arranged, thatwhen the frame B. rnoves tbrward, it will be raised up by the said arm,thus raisingr the raker up, and at the rrrornerrt when the taker haseorne to its foremost porrt, the pin X ceases to operate on the rearpart ofthe arrn, thus allowing the front part to drop down, releasingthe taker, so thatit rnay eateh the elover eut by the knives.

To insure regularity-in the up-anddown movement of the raker, I plaee asimilarly -bent arm on the other end ofthe shatt mentioned, to operatein like manner on the fralne R on the other side ofthe box E.

llaving thus fully described my invention,

What l elairn as new, and desin to secure by Let. ters Patent, is

1. The arrangement of the box E, taker I, frame 1l. slotted and bentlever AT, movable bar U, pitnran Y. and wheel l", all eonstruetedandolwrating substau tiall) as arnl for the purposes herein set forth.

'.2. The arrangenwnt of the bent arnr \\',on the end of the shaft, incombination with the pin X and the driving-wheel l", for the purpose ofraising and loweringr the raker l at the proper time, substantially aaherein set forth.

1n testimony that I claim the foregoing, i have hereunto set rny hand,this 27th day ofJnly, 1868.

' JACOB 'ESTHAFEB.

Witnesses:

E. Wnntzmr, B. F. PAI-rox.

